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- BoT Student on “Look at me: underestimated from day one.” – Al Pacino as the devil: I am not involved in any way with publishing "The Basket of Tolerance";...
- BoT Student on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: Yes, I think you may be right about electrical potentials across the body....
- john on Eeman screens (aka polarity screens, biocircuits) — how they were invented: I believe that the actual mechanism for eeman screens is the electrical potentials...
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Recent posts
- The importance of courtesy, hospitality, and other small details
- C.S. Lewis on friendship, purpose, and male culture
- J. Krishnamurti, Theosophy, and the fabrication of the “new age” movement
- Alcohol & drugs as poison or medicine: comments by Chögyam Trungpa
- How mind (control) works: perception is shaped by assumption
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – a beautiful interpretation by Emmet Fox
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Aloneness and ruling your world – Chögyam Trungpa
Are you ruling your world? If you’re like me, you get bored sometimes, or lonely. If we’re well-off, we might like to find the perfect app for our new iPad, the one that makes us feel powerful, alive, connected to … Continue reading
Brother Lawrence: when people irritate you, it’s a gift from God
Earlier today I was complaining to some of my friends about this or that person or group that I felt slighted by. Possibly the slights were imagined, but in any case I was getting off on complaining, and I convinced … Continue reading
Chögyam Trungpa on disappointment
This is just what I needed to read: All the promises we have heard are pure seduction. We expect the teachings to solve all our problems; we expect to be provided with magical means to deal with our depressions, our … Continue reading
Swami Rudrananda (Rudi) on pain, hiding, and freedom
The following quote reminds me of my teacher speaking about “being a man”, male or female, rather than someone who runs from things at the first hint of discomfort. The only way to be free of pain is to digest … Continue reading